Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Trade in the Medieval City
Freemen Not just anyone could trade...
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Viking Invasion
Led by Halfdan and Ivar the Bonel...
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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Constantine the Great
Constantine came to Britain w...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
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Norman Reconstruction
William stayed in York in Christmas...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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York in the Civil War
After the king left the city, York w...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Gold Finger Ring
- The Basilica
- Viking Coins
- St Leonard's Hospital
- The Bar Convent
- Micklegate Bar
- Merchant Adventurers' Hall
- A Pipkin
- Inscription to Hecules
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- Painting of 'The Brig Studley'
- Victoria Bar
- Robert Holgate, Archbishop
- Water Lanes
- York St John in the 20th Century
- Monk Bar
- Bronze Seal Matrix of the Merchant Adventurers
- First World War York